tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228872056223300562024-03-19T04:36:07.316-04:00Lillys & LollipopsLillysNLollipopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271123293761401877noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822887205622330056.post-78852789204220858362013-09-27T14:37:00.000-04:002013-09-27T14:37:42.982-04:00DIY Hoop Tent<div style="text-align: center;">
I have been wanting one of these hoop tents (for my daughter of course) for a while now. I love this one from <a href="http://www.thelandofnod.com/">The Land of Nod</a>, but I really didn't think I could convince my husband that my 3 year old needed a $150 hanging tent, with a $69 floor cushion... </div>
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So I started looking up tutorials online, I didn't think this would be to hard to replicate. I'm not an expert seamstress and I needed something easy. Easy Like with diagrams, and small words... and arrows pointing to things telling me what to do.</div>
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There are quit a few tutorials on how to make these but this one was by far the easiest, and had everything I needed, by that I mean diagrams, and arrows...</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u> <a href="http://namesakedesign.blogspot.com/2010/09/sew-easy-play-tent.html">tutorial from namesake design</a></u></span></div>
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Since I was trying to do this on the cheap, I decided to brave<strike> the gates of Hell</strike> Walmart and get supplies:</div>
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Here is our new hoop tent!</div>
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LillysNLollipopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271123293761401877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822887205622330056.post-84950686535483815182013-09-12T15:49:00.001-04:002013-09-12T15:49:42.399-04:00Back From the DeadHey, remember that I had a blog? What the heck happened to it? Oh here it is! OK so I think it's been like a year since I last blogged ...so what the heck have I been up to? Oh not much just moved, had a baby, and working towards starting a photography business.. no big deal.<br />
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Truth is though I have missed this little blog of mine, anytime I make anything cool I flood my personal facebook page with iphone pictures, and you better watch out if I make something good for dinner because instagram is definitely getting hit up. I miss being able to share things with people!<br />
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So I am going to try to start it all back up again. I'm not making any commitments as to how often I'll be posting , but I WILL be posting. If you want to see what I have been up to in the photography world you check out my website <a href="http://www.amandahaulkphotography.com/">HERE</a> and check out my totally amazing header that Michelle from <a href="http://www.themommabird.com/">The Momma Bird </a>made for me!<br />
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<br />LillysNLollipopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271123293761401877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822887205622330056.post-14805470868479034122012-08-15T11:02:00.001-04:002012-08-15T21:58:25.400-04:00Maternity Pictures<div style="text-align: center;"> I recently posted a picture from my sister in laws Maternity session we did last week, but I wanted share one more. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">She is to that point (36 wks) where she is completely done with being pregnant. Besides being uncomfortable, hot, and swollen I'm pretty sure I am part of the reason she is over it. My need to use her as my maternity model every time I get a new idea for a picture has to be getting on her nerves.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The other day I went over to her house to "give her a preggy shirt I never wore."</div><div style="text-align: center;"> When I got there, this is how it went down..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">As I also pull out some of Ava's blocks, that just so happen to spell out my Nephew's name...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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It's pretty obvious I have been low on inspiration for my blog lately. I have kind of shoved it aside and have been focusing on other things, and hoping I would get struck with some inspiration sooner than later, because only posting Wordless Wednesday day posts (and not even every week) kind of defeats the purpose of <em>writing</em> a blog.</div>
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I think I have made it pretty clear that I'm probably the <a href="http://www.lillysnlollipops.com/2011/11/mommy-brain-strikes-again.html">worst shopper known to women.</a> If I'm not forgetting my money at home, I'm forgetting things that I went to buy, and if I'm not doing that I'm busy getting my Maxi dress stuck in the wheel of a shopping cart in the middle of the Target parking lot.... </div>
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So there I am feeling good about myself, walking out to my car when all the sudden the whole shopping cart comes to a halt and won't move. I look down and the bottom of my maxi dress has conveniently wrapped itself up and around one of the wheels and jammed up the whole thing! Of course this happens in the section of the parking lot where there is on coming traffic. People were waving at me to let me to cross, so I <em>(slighly) </em>picked up the the cart so it was on the 2 wheels furthest from me and rolled it to my car as fast as I possibly could <strike>without looking suspect</strike> probably looking completely crazy.</div>
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I make to it to my car to find my poor dress ripped and twisted. I was actually so happy it had ripped because I was able to rip it more. I was down on the ground for what felt like 30 min. But it was probably 5. </div>
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I have been going on and on about how happy I am that my new house has a fenced in backyard.. <em>a.k.a kiddie jail</em>. This is why though! I can go out there, Ava can play and I don't have to chase after her like a crazy women. Also I can go do impromptu photo sessions without having to get dressed, or even wear a bra <em>( kidding, I wear a bra...)</em></div>
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We finally did moved back to Florida! I'm so happy to be back home. I really missed having family and friends around. It was getting to be a little lonely up in Georgia. Ava is loving being back to, although she will not remember all of this one day, I can tell she loves being around her uncles, and cousins again. <br />
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I never thought that at the age of 26 I would own two houses, but I do! While we were still living in Georgia, my husband said gfthat if we moved back to Florida he's living near the ocean. He loves fishing. Our other house is about 1 hour away from the beach, more in the country, our new house is 3 miles from the beach. <br />
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We bought this 1925 Mediterranean style bungalow. I know A bungalow, and a Mediterranean style home don't seem like they go together, but it describes my house exactly. It is cute, charming, and needs a little help, but I can't wait to blog all of our DIY projects, and renovations. When we are done it's going to be amazing, just wait and see!<br />
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Is it completely ridiculous this is more scary then having a baby? At least at the end of labor you get to meet your sweet little baby. At the end of wisdom teeth extractions you get a mouth full of gauze, and a swollen face. Sounds pretty amazing. <br />
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I think the one thing I'm most scared of is being put under anesthesia. That really freaks me out. I have never had to have that done, the whole thought of getting injected with magic sleep potion weirds me out, and gives me anxiety. Unfortunately there isn't one way of doing it that sounds better then the other. So let's just do this and get it over with! <br />
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I have already given multiple threats about video taping me afterwards on the way home. I also seem to worry about the dumbest things, like how the place is on the 3rd floor and how weird it's going to be for whoever has to ride down in the elevator with me. I obviously won't have any clue what's going on, but i'm apologizing now to the person who in there watching me drool on myself. Talk about awkward elevator rides. <br />
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feel free to share your *good* experiences with me, or I should say non-horrible experience, i'm sure no one has had an amazing wisdom tooth extraction experience. If you have a bad story keep that ish to yourself. <br />
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In the mean time here's me and my girl instagram style...<br />
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We are moving back to Florida at the end of the month! I couldn't be happier to get back to my home.</div>
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I could however, go without having to move again. I hate moving. If I were rich I would totally hire people to do this for me.</div>
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One good thing about moving is that it's the perfect opportunity to go through all your crap you have been unknowingly hoarding in your house. I have cleaned out my closets, and got rid of baby things we don't need anymore. Even sold some furniture that we didn't want anymore.</div>
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One thing that has been taking up a lot of space are all the baby clothes I have kept for my " maybe someday future baby girl.." I usually keep my favorites, and give the rest away. Apparently I have a lot of favorites, and the amount of clothes would be taking up some valuable space in our moving truck.</div>
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I bought these space savers bags at Bed Bath and Beyond, you put you stuff into, then vacuum all the air out of, until the bag is flat, and compact.</div>
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So even though I appreciate every single one of my readers, ( like seriously thank you!) I was not about to count every piece of clothing I put into these bags, but this picture just doesn't do justice to exactly how much clothing this is. So I decided to take a picture of what I use to store them in. That's two plastic bins, and a pretty black garbage bag... Don't be jealous of my awesome camera phone pictures.</div>
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SO in this picture you will see: 4 crib bumpers,a baby comforter, crib skirt, a sheet, and 2 curtains.</div>
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Since we are moving to Florida, where it's cold for a total of 2 months of the year... We really don't need all of our sweaters,jackets taking up valuable closet space, so I did those to! Sorry but this vacuum sealing items gets tiring and I don't have a before and after picture :( but what once took up so much space in our closet is now flat, and can be slid underneath our bed until we need them!</div>
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With a little bit of white paint, it looks good as new. We filled in that crack and sanded it down a little and you can't even see it anymore. </div>
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I'm so happy with how the bed turned out. It looks brand new! We are starting the moving process again. Once we get settled into our new house I will show you more pictures of this bed in action in Ava's new room. For now it will have to stay in the garage until moving day.<br />
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After a few rounds on the slide, she discovered the that the hose is way cooler than the just the slide. She spent hours just sitting there filling up the little pool, and watering the patio.</div>
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I arrive. Nervous of coarse. <em>This part is off the topic of me arriving but it is necessary for the story...</em> I have this really cute camera strap courtesy of <a href="http://search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A0oGkkr1bsZPDzAAVl1XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTE0amVtOTUwBHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMQRjb2xvA3NrMQR2dGlkA0FDQlkwMl85MQ--/SIG=11r8eidif/EXP=1338433397/**http%3a//www.etsy.com/shop/AugustBlossoms">August Blossoms</a>. Anyways the birthday mom compliments it, I reply <em>"thanks I got it on Etsy"</em> me being awkward then followed that up with <em>"have you heard of that before?"</em> like who doesn't know what Etsy is. So she says yes and we move on. <br />
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When I say this party was adorable I mean perfect. Everything I was hoping for when I was asked to do this. It was everything a little girl could hope for. She even had the ballet instructor come and do a ballet class for all the girls at the party.<br />
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I started complimenting her decor, asking her if she made some of the stuff. She says <em>"yeah I actually have a shop on etsy..."</em> ummm cool! Stupid me me asking this lady is she had ever heard of it, and she has a shop on there. If you ever want any poms for a party she does a great job, Go check out her shop <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/DecoPOMS">DecoPOMS</a> and tell her Amanda from Lillys & Lollipops sent you!<br />
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I finished the party, and I became more nervous than I was to photograph the party. I emailed her a couple days ago just updating her, letting her know I was done editing and I should have to pictures to her very soon. She asked if she could have a little preview. I was nervous but I sent 5 pictures. She emailed me back <em>"I'm not even kidding when I say I'm in tears, the pictures are beautiful."</em> <br />
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This email made my week! I made some one cry and I'm happy about. This just reassured me I want to continue on with photography. This is why I am doing this. I'm creating memories for people. I spent 5 years working in a salon making people feel pretty, and that was a great feeling, but not like this, this is different because I created a keepsake, I preserved memories that will last forever. It's a great feeling and I can't wait to create more memories!<br />
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Something was going through my head, something motivating, something that lead me to type these words " Hi ladies, I'm am portfolio building, would anyone be interested in getting some pictures done. Family, kids, maternity, newborn... Email me!" and then Something went through my head that forced me to post that on the mommy and me playgroup Facebook page... What am I doing! Surely No one is going to lend me their children and let me take pictures of them, but at least I tried. That's what I told myself. At least I can say I tried. 5 emails later I have sessions booked for the next 4 Saturdays! Oh no, here come my nerves and me talking myself out of it. Making myself feel guilty for wanting to do something besides being a stay at home mom. I love staying at home with my daughter, and I feel blessed we have the opportunity to live that way. I just want something for myself. That's not a bad thing, or selfish thing right? Like its such a big deal I will be gone for a couple hours on a Saturday when my husband is home and completely available to watch the kiddo. My husband who is also so encouraging while I take the plunge and<span style="font-size: large;"> stop talking and start doing</span>. </div>
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I think this will be good for me. This is real on the job training, except no one is there to train me. This Saturday is my first session, some one asked if I could come out and photograph her daughters 4th birthday party. I absolutely couldn't resist because it's a ballerina party! I really think this is a good icebreaker... Wish me luck! </div>
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I'm a dreamer, I always have been.I have big dreams for my family, my blog, my photography, my singing career... Ok so I'm never going to have a career in the music industry, or performing of any kind, for a couple reasons...number one I can't sing,or play an instrument. Even though I did teach myself Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on my husband guitar, which seems promising if you ask me. Anyways, the other reason would be because I'm way to shy, and way to critical over myself. I would never be able to see myself on TV, or hear myself on the radio. I can't even bear to hear myself on video, or on voicemail. It's one of my biggest flaws,being hard on myself.</div>
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One thing I strive for as parent is to instill in my daughter to always be yourself, and love yourself. I want her to know who she is, and be proud, and to not care so much. Be a leader. Be an individual. Honestly I think even the most confident people in world have insecurities. They are just better at masking them. I envy people like that.</div>
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Growing up I have always some what tried to be like other people, dress a certain way because I was trying to fit in. <strike>Probably</strike> definitely got myself in to trouble because I was tying to fit in. I have always just wanted to be liked. As I get older those needs to be liked and to fit in, start to fade away, but my insecurities are still there. Except Now I can look back and say to myself <em>"none of that was a big deal."</em> I wish I knew then what my life would be like now. I think it would have made me care less. Maybe be more of an individual, more of the artist that lives in me today...because I am an artist. I create, whether it being through hair, pictures, writing, or even a craft, I am and artist.</div>
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Picadillo is one of my favorite meals. Not only is it delicious comfort food, but my husband loves it, and always raves over it, which makes me feel good, and my daughter likes it to. It has been awhile since I have made this, we use to eat it probably once a week. It's great because there is always left overs, which you could use to makes some empanadas, I usually just pick up the pastry disk my Goya in the frozen food section, and follow instructions on there. I would love this<a href="http://search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A0oGdWo3FqhPn2cAVW9XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTE0OHZ0MW84BHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMQRjb2xvA3NrMQR2dGlkA1FJMDI4XzE4Nw--/SIG=12h263let/EXP=1336444599/**http%3a//www.skinnytaste.com/2009/01/baked-empanadas-3-pts.html"> baked empanada</a> recipe one of these days.</div>
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I thought her how to water flowers, so she is really into watering things, whether it's weeds, or a fake plant inside the house, they all get watered.. I really love how she grabs the <strike>flower</strike> weed, and dumps water directly on top of it :)</div>
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Tuesday I think I even went above and beyond, after Ava's gymnastics class, I took her to the park. I thought I had really worn her out good, which is my main goal in life these days "Make Ava tired, run her ragged." just kidding about the running her ragged part, that seems a little harsh. Anyways little to my surprise she was even harder to get down for a nap then normal. I think she knows my plan, and what I'm trying to do, so she fought it... HARD! It's funny though because today we barely did anything, hung around the house, then went swimming for 30 minutes, and BAM! she's out just like that. <br />
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I have to admit though,there are some day when I don't want to go outside! It's hot dangit! Kids don't care if it's hot, cold, raining, they just want to play. Does that make me a bad mom? I'm sorry that I don't have all these cool kid crafts to do. I pin them on pinterest all the time and never do them. She does enjoy finger painting though... I just try to save that for rainy days. I tried to get her cutie little hand prints, and they looked like gigantic blobs of smeared paint. Am I the only mom that can't make A hand print fish and octopus? She doesn't really get it, because in her mind why just stay on the paper when I could be painting the walls in the garage?<br />
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There she is, a little Picasso. Sorry for the dumb cell phone picture. Painting is very high pressure situation with my kid, you never know when she is going to get up and dump paint everywhere. I was unprepared. Oh and don't mind my beautiful garage.</div>
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My husband and I got married on March 9, 2011. Yep we just celebrated our 3 year anniversary. After being a couple for 4 years, we took the plunge! I wasn't really into having a huge wedding, I wanted something small, and intimate. Well it doesn't get much smaller and intimate than just the two of us on the beach in Hawaii!!<br />
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This is where we got married, it's called Shipwreck Beach.. I don't know the Hawaiian name for it, but that's the tourist name for it! It's even more amazing in person!</div>
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We took the the 11 hour journey from Florida to Kauai Hawaii, hung out for 2 days, got married on the 3rd day, and honeymooned for the next 5 days. For us it was PERFECT, Kauai Hawaii is unbelievably beautiful, it's like nothing we had ever seen before.<br />
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This is me on my wedding day. I did my own hair, and makeup. I wanted an actual wedding dress. When I started looking at dresses I thought I wanted a flowy beachy dress, but once I started trying them on, I realized I still wanted a REAL dress, and I'm happy Because I think it made the pictures better.</div>
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Dress- David's Bridal</div>
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I actually had to ship my dress to Hawaii a few days before we arrived, because I didn't want to have to carry it on, and have it get all wrinkled. This was a little scary, what if it had got lost! The lady we Hired to help me coordinate was so helpful, she picked this location, ordered my bouquet, and our lays and let me ship my dress to her house, she took it out of the bag and let it hang so it wouldn't be wrinkled. Little did I know she had a dog named Jason, and little figurines all over her house, and her mom sits in her living room watching wheel of fortune all day... Living the Hawaiian lifestyle I guess??</div>
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I have talked before about getting shooting from low angles before, and how it can make a big difference when your photographing kids at eye level. In this picture I'm sitting in the ground, So get down and dirty and take some pictures!</div>
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I remember the days when I worked in the salon, I had a reason to get dressed in fun outfits, get my hair all pretty, and slap some makeup on. Now a days I have traded in going to the salon everyday making people (including myself) look and feel pretty to becoming a servant to my slave driving 2 year old all day. I get so wrapped up in doing everything for her, and making sure the things around my house are getting done that it leaves little time for me to make myself look like a respected member of society. When I finally do have time, during those 2 glorious hours of nap time, I usually have other things that I need to do like blogging :). I also will talk myself out of it because it's already 2:00 and what's the point? My favorite excuse I come with the help me feel less lazy is this <em>"I'm not doing anything, so I don't want to waste makeup."</em> I'm laughing at the stupidity as I type it.<br />
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I think getting up, and making yourself feel pretty is important, I don't know where I lost this attitude along the way. I know for me it puts me in a better mood,I find I actually get more things done when I am dressed and ready to go somewhere. And even if I didn't do much that day I still feel like I accomplished more just because I put on a pair of pants other than my yoga pants <i>which by the way have never been to yoga.</i></div>
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<em> </em>So I decided I am going to <span style="font-size: large;">Fight the frump!</span> That's right I am going to make the frump my bitch. An my blog is going to help me do it.<br />
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Me personally, if its 12:00 in the afternoon and I am still not dressed the chances of me getting pretty for the day are slim to none! So I am going to make an effort to get up and get dressed, just like I would if I had some where to be. I'm not saying I will do this everyday, especially on a rainy day when I know I will most likely be in doors all day, but I am going to try a little harder... <span style="font-size: large;">for myself!</span><br />
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I also think I'm going to start participating in the WIWW link up at <a href="http://www.thepleatedpoppy.com/">the pleated poppy</a>, that way I can guarantee at least one day a week I will lookcute. Also because it will give me a chance to get fun with my outfits. Seriously just because I'm dressed doesn't mean it's fashionable. Jeans and a plain shirt are the usual suspects. <br />
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I am a stinkin hairstylist for crying out loud, why is my hair not done! It's not that hard to flat iron or curl my hair. Once it's done I can rock it for a few days. And thanks to <a href="http://www.redken.com/">Redken's</a> new dry shampoo "Powder Refresh" it will smell nice a fresh to. So I'm think I need to up my hair tutorials, <em>just another reason to do something with myself.</em> <br />
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The point is, is that just because we are moms doesn't mean we can't think about ourselves every now and then! HMMMM a " Fight the Frump Friday" weekly link up sounds like it might in order... Would you guys participate?<br />
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Whether you are in college, or have a child already in or about to be in college, you are already living the days of spending tons and tons of money... Getting a good education comes with a price. My Daughter is far from college days, but whenever you have kids, their futures are something that is always on your mind. College expenses today are so expensive! You can easily spend $600 a semester just in books. </div>
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<em>Hmmm if only there were a better way that could save you some money....</em></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well guess what? There is! </span><a href="http://www.campusbookrentals.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Campus Book Rentals</span></a></div>
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Campus Book Rentals allows you to rent your text books with some awesome perks<br />
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I love that with every text book rented you can help make a difference in someone Else's life.Campus Book Rentals has partnered with <a href="http://www.operationsmile.org/about_us/">Operation Smile</a> and are donating over 1,000 life saving cleft lip surgeries this year to children in need.</div>
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So this year check out <a href="http://campusbookrentals.com/">CampusBookRentals.com</a>, not only to save money by renting text books but to also help a child have a reason to smile.<br />
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<script src="http://www.linkytools.com/thumbnail_linky_include.aspx?id=140834" type="text/javascript"></script>LillysNLollipopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271123293761401877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822887205622330056.post-80697874913626277502012-04-16T16:20:00.000-04:002012-04-16T16:20:17.410-04:00Living Life, Terrible 2 Style I haven't done much blogging about what's going on with my little Ava in quit a while. Well she is TWO nuff' said. Seriously though she is every bit of a 2 year old, she is curious, hyper, she wants to touch everything, she has to walk when when go to stores, AND help push the cart. Sitting in the cart would be nice, I like to point out kids her age at the store who are sitting in the carts like good little children.. <em>" look Ava, look at that kid, just sitting there quietly while his mom shops."</em> I guess I will take her not sitting in shopping carts over changing diapers. That's right she is potty trained, like survived trips out of the house wearing undies potty trained. <br />
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Since she is potty trained it triggers something in her to take off her all her clothes when she is at home. <br />
<div style="text-align: center;">At least she is a lady and left her shoes on...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghS05bHNFfJfadahvyNq_lA5W7SyCWNWEI6FFWOUNK8Xskxb81nIWUXV8IChsrQs7rBgRFUIByL1S0KIbFSwRgCROuliJYPbqxef3eDRLiGu6eMjUYmhsihKHUngPDafCGYOWe02iSP74w/s1600/photo%5B2%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghS05bHNFfJfadahvyNq_lA5W7SyCWNWEI6FFWOUNK8Xskxb81nIWUXV8IChsrQs7rBgRFUIByL1S0KIbFSwRgCROuliJYPbqxef3eDRLiGu6eMjUYmhsihKHUngPDafCGYOWe02iSP74w/s640/photo%5B2%5D.JPG" width="476" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> Another thing that comes along with 2 year olds, is picky eaters. I have officially changed the name of Macaroni and Cheese to "<span style="font-size: large;">cheese pasta</span>." If she hears you say macaroni and cheese,<em> (or mac-n-chz as I like to call it)</em> she won't eat it. <em>Cheese Pasta</em> on the other hand is a completely different meal in her mind. So cheese pasta it is. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div> Something else that is new...I'm starting to consider banning crayons, or any other type of drawing mechanism. Kid's don't really need to color right? Are you wondering why I would do such a mean thing? Why tell you, when I could show you:<br />
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She is really into coloring right now, she always asks my husband or I to draw something for her, usually it's a "ishy" (Fish) which is pretty easy to draw. But the other day when she asked me to draw a bunch of different things from a puppy to Barney.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> WARNING: the Elmo I drew may cause nightmares</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="400" src="https://mail-attachment.googleusercontent.com/attachment/?saduie=AG9B_P-5YHjf4Uhgdiwy0UMIzDy7&attid=0.1&disp=emb&view=att&th=136bcb2b2be0da1d" width="272" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">These are all a little scary if you ask me, but amazingly Ava knew exactly what they were. I was pretty impressed,<span style="font-size: large;"> not with her</span>, but my drawing.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">She is growing up to be such a little beauty. I love her so much! Everyday is something new. I love watching her learn new things, I feel proud when she says a new word. She has turned in to such a daddy's girl, and I <strike>hate</strike> LOVE it ;) </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>LillysNLollipopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271123293761401877noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822887205622330056.post-81952366130657290502012-04-15T17:07:00.000-04:002012-04-15T17:07:44.267-04:00Weekly Photo Challenge...Theme: Shadows<div style="text-align: center;">I am linking up once again to <a href="http://our-reflection.blogspot.com/2012/04/weekly-photo-challenge-shadows.html">Our Reflection weekly photo challenge</a>. Theme: Shadows</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I photographed this picture for a friend, after I begged her to let me take Maternity pictures for her. Hey it was a win win, I got some practice in, and she got pretty little memories of her pregnancy. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This photograph is a perfect example of back lighting. Where the light is coming from behind the subject, causing the subject to be darker. <a href="http://www.lillysnlollipops.com/2012/04/how-to-take-better-pictures-of-your.html">Here</a> I talk more about some photography tips.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Last day to <a href="http://our-reflection.blogspot.com/2012/04/weekly-photo-challenge-shadows.html">link up!</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Our Reflection Photo Challenge" src="http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g383/_laurahernandez/photochallenge-2.jpg" title="Our Reflection Photo Challenge" /></div>LillysNLollipopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07271123293761401877noreply@blogger.com4